Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-23
CANADA.
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lister, we are made to say "In all the
wears of America there are none whose
lustre is greater, ETC." We did say: SIN
all the gems" Again we are made to
speak of the country as of exhaustless
romance. Romance is good, but resources,
as we wrote, answers our purpose better.
SHERBRoOKE, Sept. 20.
| arrived here last evening. Unfortun-
ately the train left st. Hyacinthe so that
quite share of the trip was by night.
AT Richmond is junction for Quebec.
Many tracks are about the station, which
suggest it one of metropolitan signifi-
canoe. The depot itself is a low, long
one, and has an exceedingly good res
taurant. | look toward the north with
regret that cannot make this trip to
Quebec and around to Halifax. Our
Canadian friends, or the British, have
instituted vast system of railroads,
that in spite of snow and storm and ap-
parently against the possib ility of profit
connect the two oceans on their own
soil. 1t certainly is a great triumph OF
work; appears to be exceedingly well
done, and gives evidence of an increasing
business. Sherbrooke is an important
place, the third in size now of Lower
Canada, Montreal being first and Quebec
second. | think st. Hyacinthe is fourth.
The population between 5000 and 5000.
OF these, although it is township and
belongs to what is called the eastern or
English settlements, three-tifths are
French The wealth of the place, though,
is largely with the English. The coun-
try here is very rolling, forming very
romantic situation. The River st. Fran
ces divides the town, so the Magog river
that empties into the st. Francis does the
village. and as it pOurs down the rocks
furnishes a superior water power. On
account of the vast amount of smoke that
for days now has been covering Canada
did not see the place to advantage. but
there are many fine and some elegant
buildings and homelke character both
to the place and to its people that make
it very attractive. There are somewhere
near 5000 hotels. Indeed the larger part
of the people of Canada seem to live by
keeping hotels. Perhaps the fact that in
all of them liquor is licensed to be sold,
explains this My experience is in all of
them that there is constant stream of
men and boys after liquor or drinks. The
money Iingles over the bar, so the hotels
live and the poor fools who enter get rid
of what little money or manhood they
may have had. 1t is horrible showing
of the crimes of man. There is the sug-
gestion of why death is. Man dies be-
cause he Is not fit to live, for in the great
er creation may we not suppose there is
the survival of the tittest. Certainly,
man who can act so foolishly cannot be
the fittest.
| made the acquaintance of several very
agreeable gentlemen who soon fully APP
preciated the object of my visit and with
zeal assisted in it. The buildings of the
exposition. far upon hill some distance
outside the village, make Il large show,
but had no time to visit them. 1 saw a
number of fine horses; a son of Whale
bone Knox. large, good-looling horse
and is getting excellent stock, two sons
of Alnont. one of them James Phelps,
with record of 2 :26, trial :23 blind, but
good trotter and very strong large
horse, the other small coarse, black
pony. Then there was a Mambrno stall
lion that seemed very excellent, good
size, bocky built and we'll looking.
Colts from the Almonts and Mambrino
were of the usual style of that line, long
legged and ungainly built. | saw also
several superior thoroughbreds, property
of Mr.. Woodward. Among these was an
elegant mare of five years. Mr.. Wood
ward has been quite successful in win
ming prizes. at Canadian races.
BURLINGTON, Oct. |.
Circumstances cut short this trip tC
Canada. | left Sherbrooke last evening
amid the smoke and the chill of a Cana
dian fall. We found tina. the nights sug
gested nearness to the North. The
days might be quite warm, but nights
were cool. Through the smoke we coult
see that the leaves were many colored
They were falling rapidly but in cea
weather the display must have been yer,
fine. This coloring of the leaves as wei
as the snow and ice display of winter i
one of the characteristics of Canada
Our train carried us through the night t,
st. John. where we changed trains; thi
morning came here. The smoke contin
ues, but, in spite of it, the autumnal dis
play of color is wonderful. In Canad
the leaves have fallen somewhat, bu
here not. Near Milton we looked GU
upon a dell of them where every lea
hung in its place dressed for the occasion
SO exquisitely beautiful was the Who'll
that it seemed offered to one like a rain